Improvement in photograph albums



vfield, in the count-y of' Hampden and State of Massa t graph Album; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, yret'- ernce being had tothe accompanying drawings and the album, complete.

' slits out for inserting the cards.-v

of which is cut about an inch wider than the other.

leaf asingle thickness ofthe paper forming the leaf p rojecting 4beyond the' other, (see B B,) which I use to yiilntml gm@ aient dimite;

l, JESSE F. TAPLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

Leners Pawn: No. 106,232, dated Augusto, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.

. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Be it known that I, JESSE vF. TAPLEY, of Springchusetts, have invented a new and improved Phototo the letters of reference marked thereon.

To enable others'skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and use.

Figure 1 in the accompanying drawings represents In making the leaf', I take two pieces of paper, one

Through one of these the slits (see A A, fig. 1,) are cut for inserting the pictures. I then paste the two pieces together near the edges of the smaller piece, and crosswi'se through the center of the leaf', leaving sufficient space unpasted for the pictures, as shown in fig-4, being careful to have `three edges of the two pieces come evenly together, which would leave to each fasten the leaves together,' and as a hinge to turn them upon. v

Having formed the leaves in this way, I'cnt strips of pasteboard or paper (see C C) of suilcient thickness v ,to make the back of the album as thick as the'body of the book er leaves will be when filled with pictures, and, after pasting one piece on the single thickness of each of the leaves, I take as many of the leaves as l' wish to put intoa book, and paste the part having 4the strips of pasteboard on, and form the book by laying the leaves evenly together, and placing a weight upon the pasted part until it isset, when the body of the book is made.

The cover being nailed to the book, (iig. 2, D 1),) it. is necessary to provider for its opening freely. This I do by making the boards of each coveriu two parts, a narrow piece through which the nails pass, and a .wide one for the plain cover or part that opens, and -the leather or cloth, which forms a hinge, as shown at E E, figs. 1 and 2, on which the cover can b e swung back and forth with ease.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- The album-leaf` `with openings for pictures, composed of two pieces of paper, wherein one is wider than the other. for the purpose ot forming a flexible hinge, in combination with the piecesot board to ll the back, and the cover-'having flexible joints, as described. ,V V

J. F. TAPLEY.

Witnesses:

MILTON BRADLEY, FRANK E. CooLEY. 

